Friday, November 11, 2011

Book Review: Nearing Home

Nearing home is Billy Graham’s thoughts and reflections on
aging. How life and circumstances change as the number of candles on the
birthday cake increase and we start looking for a fire extinguisher to put them
all out.

There is a lot of great advice within the covers of this
book. These range from how to plan for retirement and aging from a physical and
financial standpoint, about how our interactions with others change, and that we
shouldn’t fear the inevitable. Much of this information is what we have heard from others, but for some reason having Billy Graham
deliver this information is different. And this different is good.

Presented in a conversational manner, it is as though Billy
has invited us to sit with him on his porch for awhile and listen to him
reflect on his last several years, and what life looks like in the mislabeled ‘golden
years’ and what sorts of things we should prepare and look out for as we approach
them.

Scriptures and wise sayings surround these nuggets of wisdom
and help reinforce the fact that barring any unforeseen tragedy or health
issue, we are all going to age and face the end of our days, and we should do this
well prepared and ready to make the most of the time that we have so that we
can finish well. This is a valuable resource to any age group, because we are
all moving in the same direction in time. We will all grow old. And what better
then to be able to look back and enjoy our time as we near home?

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